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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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NRC Hanson's renomination clears Senate committee
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The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 18–1 yesterday to advance the renomination of Christopher T. Hanson as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Hanson has been a commissioner since 2020, and was named chair by President Biden in January 2021. The full U.S. Senate will consider Hanson’s nomination later this month.
Voices of support: “Chair Hanson is a dedicated public [servant] who has thoughtfully and . . . skillfully led the [NRC] during his tenure as its chair. Throughout his time on the[NRC], he has demonstrated his commitment to ensuring the safety and the security of our nation’s use of nuclear energy,” said EPW committee chair Tom Carper (D., Del.) before the vote.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, November 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Nathan J. Roskoff
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Analysis of Heavy Water Reactor Reactivity Device with a Dyadic Assembly Monte Carlo Model
1:00–1:20PM EST
Frederick N. Gleicher (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL), Shaw Wen (INL), Samuel Bays (INL), Gustavo Reyes (INL)
Paper
The Method of Weight Adjustment for Negative Cross Sections Sampling in Monte Carlo
1:20–1:40PM EST
Zhaoyuan Liu (Qilu Univ. Technology), Jingang Liang (Tsinghua Univ.), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)
Improvement of the SCALE-6.3/XSProc Pointwise Slowing-Down Capability with the Bound Thermal Scattering Data Including High Forward Peaks
1:40–2:00PM EST
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Chris Chapman (ORNL), Jordan McDonnell (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Feasibility Study for Breakeven Molten Salt Fast Reactor Using the PWR Spent Nuclear Fuels
2:00–2:20PM EST
Eunhyug Lee (KAIST), Taesuk Oh (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Preliminary Analysis of iDTMC-Implemented Predictor-Corrector Quasi-Static Monte-Carlo Simulation
2:20–2:40PM EST
Tae-suk Oh (KAIST), Inyup Kim (KAIST), Eunhyug Lee (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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